Okay, so maybe this one is cheating, as it wasn't an actual concert. The Boulet Brothers'
Dragula is a drag-themed reality TV show, a bit like RuPaul's Drag Race mixed with Fear Factor. It's fucking great.

At the time of me going to this show, I didn't know what 'Dragula' was (apart from being a hit single by Rob
Zombie). I didn't even know the show existed and hadn't heard of any of the queens before. In fact, I had barely an
interest in drag at all. I had a flyer handed to me with my receipt at a goth shop I frequent in the
city centre. I thought it'd be a fun night out, so off I went.

This tour was to mark the end of season 2, as the winner had been crowned. I was a bit tiddly during the show, and for
some reason felt the need to film practically everything. I ended up being completely hammered by the end of it,
getting even more drunk when I got home, and ended up blacking out on my kitchen floor. I woke up an hour late
for work the next day, but I suppose this isn't really relevant to this show.

The Boulet Brothers came onto the stage after each queen's performance to introduce the next. It's also
worth noting that the music they used as filler between each queen's set was the intro to Seamless by
American Head Charge.

I'm not sure I can write much about each act as I barely remember it, all I have are the shaky videos and shit photos
I took to go off. I will tell you that Vander Von Odd (season 1 winner) was fucking incredible. She has such
a strong and commanding stage presence. I remember watching season 1 after going to this show and you could tell she
was going to win from episode one.

I'm gonna try and calculate the setlist, or at least what I remember each queen performing to. This will be a patchy
recollection at best.

Vander Von Odd

iamamiwhoami — Chasing Kites

The Shirelles — Will You Love Me Tomorrow

James Majesty

Marilyn Manson — We Know Where You Fucking Live

Meatball

Reba McEntire — The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

Nicki Minaj — Roman's Revenge

Abhora

Marilyn Manson — Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes

Lady Gaga — Venus

Biqtch Puddin

Lisa Stansfield — All Around The World

Peaches & Herb — Reunited

Tiffany — I Think We're Alone Now

Berlin — Take My Breath Away

Whitney Houston — I Will Always Love You

A bearded queen I didn't recognise opened the show with a dress with black balloons underneath it, and she performed to Lazarus by
V V Brown. Another highlight of the set was Vander's performance to a haunting version of Will You Love Me Tomorrow, which was
like an elevated version of her season 1 finale horror look. Biqtch performed a medley of songs in her
season 2 finale filth look, which was also an immense amount of fun.

I decided to stand to the side a bit away from the front as these kinds of events tend to have audience participation,
and considering I didn't know who anyone was at the time I didn't fancy making an arse of myself if I was
pulled onstage.

I made the correct decision as there was a contest partway through to see who could perform a given Dragula read/quote the best. The winner
did Loris' iconic 'Not tonight!' spiel from season 1.

Honestly, it was a really fun night. I don't want to say that it's sparked an interest in me doing drag, because hell, I
just had top surgery, and I am not about to try and reinstate my cleavage. Yous can jog along with all that.
But, as I am typing this a couple of months later after the event, I've been watching All Stars 4 and keeping tabs on a lot of
RuPaul's girls in case they come touring over here too.

I wouldn't be caught dead watching Drag Race, or even perusing the makeup aisle in a supermarket, when I was a freshly-out
trans man in a flannel shirt and shit spiky hair 4+ years ago, and now I'm a bald cunt in skin-tight PVC pants and a neon faux fur coat.
We call that GROWTH!